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Warnings due to @qiwi/npm-registry-client used in utils package

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the utils package and tracing its use of @qiwi/npm-registry-client and the upstream request warnings. The issue does not name files, tests, or a concrete target; done would require establishing the dependency's purpose and deciding whether its usage can be deprecated or removed.

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Description

What is the purpose of using npm-registry-client? Is there any plan to deprecate its usage? The use of request library in @qiwi/npm-registry-client is causing warnings upstream.

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
422
Forks
238
Avg merge
1d 4h
Merged PRs (30d)
8

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